Growth In Christ - Article/article/21160Henry Morris, Ph.D. - 147;And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more148; (I Thessalonians 4:10). It is not enough merely to be saved; the babe in Christ should grow...

Asleep In Jesus - Article/article/20863Henry Morris, Ph.D. - 147;But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope" (I Thessalonians 4:13). The hope of the Christian is the resurrection of the dead in...

To Die Is Gain - Article/article/2279Henry Morris, Ph.D. - ... live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21).Although the glorious resurrection bodies which have been promised all believers must await the return of Christ, even the spirit-existence after death is better than this present...

Absent from the Body - Article/article/absent-from-bodyHenry Morris, Ph.D. - ... ever since sudden cancer temporarily conquered his body some 17 years ago, leaving a beautiful wife and three young children behind.
Therefore, though we all miss him deeply, we "sorrow not, even as others which have no hope" (I...

Precious To The Lord - Article/article/1941Henry Morris, Ph.D. - ... of the LORD is the death of His saints" (Psalm 116:15).Ever since Eden, death has been mankind's greatest enemy-an enemy that has never been conquered. We do all we can to prevent it, or at least to put it off, spending billions of...

Disguises - Article/article/2102Connie J. Horn - upon her in order to steal her father’s idols (Genesis 31:34,35).Other disguises were donned to provoke the one deceived into fulfilling a promise, or to bring the one deceived to a place of understanding. Judah’s widowed...

1 Thessalonians 4:18: comfort - Study Note/bible/1Th/4/18... comfort. “Comfort” equals “strengthen.” When we have such a blessed hope to share, it is surely reasonable that we “sorrow not, even as others which have no hope” (I Thessalonians 4:13) when our loved ones...

Present with the Lord - Article/article/present-with-lordHenry Morris, Ph.D. - ... even as others which have no hope" (I Thessalonians 4:13).
For that loved one, though no longer in that old body which had perhaps been filled with pain, is now with the Lord. That is, he or she has been given a somewhat indescribable...

Tragic Ignorance - Article/article/1999Henry Morris, Ph.D. - ... themselves unto the righteousness of God” (Romans 10:3).There are several important doctrinal truths about which unbelievers-and sometimes even Christians-seem tragically ignorant, with an ignorance affecting their very lives and...

1 John 3:3: purifieth himself - Study Note/bible/1Jn/3/3... is not a dead hope, but a “lively hope” (I Peter 1:3); not a frightening prospect, but a “blessed hope” (Titus 2:13). It is a joyful hope (I Thessalonians 2:19), a comforting hope (I Thessalonians 4:13-18), a hope of...